Date Created: Dec. 11, 2002
Story:
"Born in the land of Aedgir into slavery was a girl named Arikahs. Ever since she was a little girl, other kids looked to her as though she had something special about her, something unexplained as if a supernatural force had possesion of her body. Arikahs grew up and was forced to work long days with her parents in the fields under the supervision of King Aristol. Throughout her teen years, Arikahs secretely had been teaching herself how to read and write, which for a slave, was a very powerful attribute to have. One day upon the outskirts of Aedgir, Arikahs spoted an army of orcs comming towards the plantations and ran into her hut to alert her parents. Unfortunately, by the time the message was brought to King Aristol, it was to late, the blood thirsty orcs were there awaiting their command to attack. Scared as could be, Arikahs goes into her secret hatch and grabs the books with which she tought herself how to read. As she turns around, her dad steps in the way and looks at her. "Arikahs, there is something about you that none of us have. Here, take this" her father hands her an ancient magic book "Learn it, Live it, Aby to it." he says in a powerful voice. "Now go on and leave this battle ground before its to late, find your place in this world, figure out how to use this special force of yours" he says. No time for goodbyes, Arikahs hugs her father and runs out the door. She ran so far and so fast that her legs started to get a burning feeling, but she kept on going knowing that if she was to stop, the orcs would catch up to her. Arikahs had been running for hours upon hours and she had finnaly come to a stop. She looked around her, but nothing seemed familiar to her. Scared, she sat down and began sobbing and quickly fell asleep at the base of a tree. *Poke* *Poke* Arikahs wakes up to a stick poking her in the shoulder. She slowly opens her eyes and looks up to see a Drow standing by her side. "Who are you and what is your purpose here creature?!" says the Drow. "My family and friends were attacked by blood thirsty orcs" she replies in a trembling voice "I ran and ran for hours and fell asleep at this tree trunk. I am lost and in dire need of assistance." The drow stares her down skeptically and says "What is this book you hold?" "My father gave this book to me before he told me to run, I have yet to know what it is." "Come with me says the Drow" after looking at the book "You have much to learn" And so Arikahs journey into the world of Britannia began."